or Bury, the villa or seat of habitation of a nobleman, a dwelling or mansion house, being the chief of a manor: from the Saxon bēorg, which signifies a hill or castle; for heretofore noblemen's seats were castles situated on hills, of which we have still some remains; as in Herefordshire there are the beries of Stockton, Hope, &c. It was anciently taken for a sanctuary.

BERY. See BERIA.